An impressive showcase of television and movie vehicles will take over Fremont Street Experience during Las Vegas Car Stars 2017 on Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. This year’s event will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, the 50th anniversary of the Beatles album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and the Fast and Furious franchise. Featuring more than 75 iconic cars, the event will begin on Friday, May 19 with a warm[…]

Mob Museum announces improvement project The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, announces plans to make substantial capital improvements to the Museum beginning in early 2017. This improvement project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018. While construction is underway, the Museum will remain open. The Mob Museum contracted with LGA Architects, a Las Vegas-based architecture firm and Gallagher & Associates, the internationally renowned exhibit design[…]

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On the same day the editor-in-chief of the Las Vegas newspaper takes to the front page to tout changes being made at the paper — changes that were already touted for a week on the front pages — the big investigative piece on the same front page was about lavish spending by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. While the headline on the editor’s piece touted “We’ve changed for the better,” that investigative piece[…]

A group of Las Vegas voters gathered at the Radio Tribune office to meet the candidates that Chris Garcia Conservative American and Radio Tribune had selected as the best candidates to be supported. Music, food and other amenities were available for the attendees to enjoy, plus the main event of the evening, The Las Vegas Hi-Steppers, whose performance impressed all those present. For the city council, Stavros Anthony for Ward 4, and Bob Beers for[…]

Night Ranger, Survivor to Perform at Fremont Street Experience By Jerry Fink Las Vegas Tribune Night Ranger and special guest Survivor will perform NASCAR Weekend in Las Vegas at the 14th Annual RaceJam concert at Fremont Street Experience on Saturday, March 11 starting with Survivor at 8 p.m. followed by Night Ranger, both on the 3rd Street Stage. Survivor will ramp up the crowd at the free concert by performing legendary hits such as “Eye[…]

Lawmakers in Carson City continue to exhibit rabid hoplophobia. A bill has been introduced to further extend gun-free zones to public libraries and their parking lots. Senate Bill 115, introduced by state Sen. Mo Denis, would add public libraries to the current law, which prohibits guns and other weapons in the buildings and parking lots of universities, public and private schools and childcare facilities. The Senate Judiciary Committee has a hearing scheduled on the bill[…]

By Daniel Honchariw Nevada Policy Research Institute While advocates of raising the minimum wage often argue that doing so will benefit Nevada’s minority communities, an analysis of economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests precisely the opposite — especially when it comes to Hispanic unemployment. Consider these two related trends: 1) As minimum wages increase, so does Hispanic unemployment. In the 17 states whose Hispanic population exceeded 10 percent of their total population[…]